According to the report from Nov. 30, the violent accident happened when two cars collided at an intersection. The driver of the car believed to cause the accident is a 23-year-old man who was heading south on 98th Street in Howard Beach. According to the news, he ran his 2006 Ford sedan into a 2009 Saturn driven by a 39-year-old man and holding a 37-year-old male passenger.

The accident took place at around 1 a.m., according to police, and it resulted in a the 23-year-old man’s car catching fire after he hit the Saturn and ploughed through a stone partition. The man allegedly got out of the vehicle and said that the other driver had cut him off at the stop light, but a witness reported that there were no lights at that particular intersection.

Police reported that the 39-year-old man and his passenger were both taken to the hospital, but the 39-year-old driver had to be given CPR at the scene and passed away. The 37-year-old male passenger was allegedly in stable condition following the accident. Police reported that they took the 23-year-old male to the hospital as well, because he was also in serious condition following the accident. His blood was drawn for a blood alcohol test, because police believed he appeared drunk at the scene of the accident. Police say that charges are pending against the man at this time.